New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-20
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
FLEIGHr BLOCKADE DSOUTH CHINESE
WEDDING pE9ELICT JUDGES.
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psr,fc ;s two weeks behind time in freight ship
mems The Southern Pacific bias fully one months
freiaht side-trackcd at various points, OWING 10
dlsa trnus washouts in Arizona and New-MeHioo'
but the Atchison road is IN the worsi dilemma TO
extraordinary rusn Of people 10 Southern CaiIorh'"
has completely paralyzei this line Ih"V are usihe
every locomotive 70 transD TT passengers anu
freight IL thus I'd up all along the line. Inc sIu-
~ on became 50 h. IN Los Angeles that meeting
of he Board of rade ne d this week 10 can
the attention of the railroad TO the great III
jusiice dono To shi opers The AtclIson and
the Atlantic and Pacific managers botn de-
clare that they can do little TO remedy
tho evil as IT Is imposs BILE to secure
enauch locomotives The Atchlson Company
Is feeling hundreds of passengers at Kansas city
untl tney can get seats on a Wes-bnund tram. As
rille il requires three days a nsa' City before
accommodations can be secured by those who buy
tickets there.
he e. establishment of fast passenger trains on the
Union Pacific has compelled all other overland
lines to 70 low Two through ira Ms now reac1
here over he Central Pacific daily, aid the time
has been cat down on the Outbern aud Northern
roads The time between this city and Omaha mas
been reduced more Than twonty-:ou hours. Per-
haps the greatest reform has been made I'D tho
emCrant service Only six years ago emlgrant
passengers travelled from Omaha to an francisco
in old coaches built for the Camden aud Amboy
Rail Dad forty years ago. FIRST came the new stvle
OF emIgrant sleeping cars; then these were
attached 10 express trains; and now The latest
moNe 90 the Union and Central Pacific roads IS the
running OF emlgrant trains fast time, in many
case, beating the regular West-bound express
The continued dry weather is bapInninc to
excite the fears of farmers. About
vecks ago there were several light showers
which endangered the vintage hnt they
proved to he lniilng and no serious damage was
DONE Sluce then, however. not drop of ram has
fallen throughout tne greater part OF the state ana
the out ook Is gloomy. Farmers should he plough
ing now for winter wheat. but the ground IS baked
so hard bat a plough could not be forced INTO ~
Upon cattemen and danvmcn also the dr"utA IS
telling heavily he long delay in the usual rams
il now sign of IL dry winter. The absence OF
November rains IS great hardship to I3ncD.ncn
aud Stock-srJweIs.
It is reported that the China Merchants Steam
ship COMPANY, of which Nlceroy IL is the'
moving spirit, proposes TO purchase three large
steamers and run then IN opposition to
the American lines between san Francisco and
Hong X ng The frcigh between CHINA and Ca'i-
forna is heavy and the Chinese assert that TINS VIII
be given TO TINS line
The catch of Arctic and OkhoySk wha'ers during
the pas, season has been Of the heaviest on rec
ORD. a Mounting N an to 4l.30O barrels OF OIL and
nearly 600 OOO pounds OF bon The low lr'ce OF
oil aad bone mas led 20 great trouble between oNn-
ers nnd sailors Several Whaling vessels have been
hbeled her, for wages. the sailors claiming thai
they defTaudcd
A wedding IN the American styie was celebrated
this week IN Chinatown between a 'lch Chinese
merchant aud a Callfornia-bOrn Celestial ma'Gen
of nineteen summers. The BRIDE vas carried
from her house to the carriage on
slay ft,..rs Ilt,XX
in her with hlndfuls of rice. At the Chinese
PRESBYTERIAN Church the ceremony was performed,
there being six bridesmaids and one best man. / he
bride was arraved in a garnet suit with " wiea'h
o. flower, on her head She wore no veil, out COW
eIea her face with richly decorated oHentA' 'ah
The fugitive jury-briber Creighton has escaped
from Sonora INTO Sinana o that the exIaditIon
papers sent to Guaymas proved OF no value lie
police think that Creighton will abandon Mexico
and take up MS reside lce III Colombia or some
other south American State with which there Is no
extradIlIon treaty
That Chinese women have been regularly i'm
ported 10 this city for l moral purposes
has long been known ont 70 legal proof cou be
seorred This week an old bag brought score OF
comely Chinese maiden, on the steamer and t'Ied
20 oet then, through the custom house on return
certificates Sic WAS detected in her perjury, and
search of her G. othing resulted in the discovery
of an Itenlzcd bl of receipts and eXpendI tures'
which showed that she had paid $3.50 each t'r the
girls in China. and had pad Their fares to san
Francisco aud all incidental expenses ihe Ola
pIocuress was bailed out by two Wealthy chinese
merchants of tins cay who were suspec cd ol oc'is
her partners III the vile rrtde
Another woman who arrived on a freight steamer
was dctain. because she tre1 To secure admission
for three Young girls. An American PASSENGER les
titled that be woman bought the girls H. ionqulh
and that the captain of the steamer toId MN she
was frequent pas,eng on ms boat and dld
lively business III impprtnC FlIiS
The director, of the Bay District Trotting go
nat,,n did well tnIs week in rulinr off all the racks
of The National Trotfing Assoc ariOn j. H. Pel nan
owner If several rae -hoIses ara H!ko oini,,,, "
Jockey. The Oiteucr was unfuiy cohuu't "h' S"'-
gar language hen Jhcr II chcIy ia liNlhR d" "i"w
ar.ce INTO Pennan's hands was ol'co''Ieu "nu
frustrated. TIE lesson Is good Que 1efe "hele
some IA Grant bits jockey have passen unPuh-
ished tins season.
Mucb COMPLAINT is made by lawyers over the
neglect of conrt business by three out oi seven
Snne eric " courts. Judge Mcguire, blatant
pohncIan, who cullIya1es 'N Ne y %TI@" n
the interest of Henry George. He has been
gone two months ana ought to tie Gus co ron IN VI
nos,tion as he has violated hl@ GA II OF Once
fudee Uunt has closed his court for four weeks pc
canse he -" sick with p eurlSV. out ne ~ l.c
quent at opera and theatre re M,,h Soght
has moi Dre,ded IN his court for Two months because
Of some mysterious sickness.
For he frs ten months of the year me paS'eni
gers who arrived bv raIl amounted 10 90 10, atho
by sea to ~ 1872. OF these 20 900 remained ia 'i'
State
The shipment of California wiue by sea and RAJ
for me first ten months OF TINS wear amounts W
x 500 GOO gallons, valued at S2.2OO,OOo
The new Hotel Del Monte at Monterey ~ rap
idly nearing cOmpleti he furniture ~ pi
m,,ve in ana 1t Is ex pccted that the nOu e-waI nih1
vii ;ake place Thanksgiving Gay. lhe h"te